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Oisín Murphy-Lawless
@bikesnbukes.bsky.social
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LLM in Human Rights. Opinions are my own, reposts not an endorsement. Cyclist, da, flatmate to Finrod (friend to man). Cat pics, Phillies, some law, tech and internet policy (day job), the odd Bucky/Klaes gif. Oh! And RPG stuff (mainly Call of Cthulhu).
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I cannot comment. I am profoundly biased.
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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But also for sheer focus and ominous threat
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Feel like this is the most appropriate one.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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@tgk.bsky.social re the recent exchanges of sporting tache’s, welcome to the Dublin tache. Only works if you have the look of a man who has been up all night dancing on one down the UFO club circa 1996. Stott wishes his could look this good.
Dara O’Shea in a dark green Ireland raises his arms over his head, his upper lip raised like he is sucking his teeth, the telltale thin Dublin tache easy to be seen, overall looking like he is cheering the DJ.
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Screen grab of Dublin Airport’s name change, Courtesy of the good Dr @justrena.bsky.social.
Picture of the sign for Dublin Airport posted on their Twitter account, now reads Troy Parrott airport.
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Like, weirdly similar game:
Text above a picture of a young Robbie Keane in an awful baggy dark green Umbro tops being all composed with the ball at his feet whilst Czech player Rada charges on behind him his arms outstretched like some massive European bird of prey. The text reads: 4. Ireland 3-2 Czech Rep, February 2000 Ireland recorded their first win over the Czech Republic since the separation of Czechoslovakia in 1993 thanks again to lan Harte and Robbie Keane. Jan Koller was on target after just five minutes before defender Karel Rada (pictured below) managed to head a corner past Ladislav Maier and into his own net. Koller doubled his tally on 35 minutes but Harte capitalised on a mix-up between the centre forward and Maier to level the terms and Keane bundled home from five yards with three minutes remaining.
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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My hair is fulfilling my cultural heritage as an Irishman.
A blurry picture of me, reclining on a blue couch. My arms are folded, wearing a dark blue tshirt with the word Ritos on it, my eyes closed behind my glasses. My hair is sticking up vertically in a manner that would make Tom Barry proud, even if I am not from cork.
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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My children when they hear I have another baseball podcast.
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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A good night to be wearing my 40s Phillies with their Blue Jays logo. If you are Phillies fan and aren’t cheering for Daulton Varsho, I curse you and all your family to bad cheesesteaks. Also, screw you, Dodgers.
A picture of me, a 50-something fella wearing glasses with round very thick lenses, and a greying, modest beard and tache combo. I am wearing a faded maroon hoodie and a sky blue tshirt with the logo of the Phillies underneath the logo of a squawking blue jay, the teams logo from from 1944-9. I am standing in front of bookshelves.
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Now I am left wondering what a Philly version of the Crow looks like.

(It’s just Riot Elmo mystical martial-arting everyone off buildings, isn’t it.)
A picture from riots in Philadelphia 2020. A person wearing a white tshirt and dark tracksuit bottoms runs from what looks like burning bins. They are lean with thin arms, and wear the head of the famous Sesame Street muppet character called Elmo. Over their head, someone has dropped in text which says ‘Fuck You Oscar!’, a reference to Sesame Street character Oscar the Grouch, a green puppet who lives in a bin. I understand Oscar. I try to be good natured, but mornings are hard.
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Who’s solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Ah here.

I knew there was something more recent.
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Other countries: the Irish experiment with citizen assemblies have made a real change to the political culture of Ireland.

Irish people abroad, looking at the 2013 citizens assembly report recommending that we get the vote.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Three images from a reflective late afternoon walk around Leith. Slightly thrown by the new builds which tower like something out of corporate buildings in Scanners, and all too glad to get back to the cluttered Leith I have lived in for most of my time in Edinburgh.
A grey utility/exchange box in front of black railings. On the box is an image of a skull with the words You Ok Hun in black thin font. In the background is a hedge, one side of a laneway which cuts through to leith links. A small patch of blue sky is framed by the buildings either side of the picture, and in the distance, some trees on the links. Dockside apartment blocks on the edge of Leith Docks. The new windows and signage reflect the bright sun as the buildings tower over the paving and neatly trimmed grass. Looking down the old docks of leith, the sun picking out old buildings and newer apartments built over 20 years ago. The water is still so the buildings and the blue sky are reflected. To the right of the picture, next to the waterfront’s edge, a lampost stands, the cone of the lightshade hanging from a gently curving piece of ironwork, a beautiful thing amidst the hodge podge of the old and relatively new. The heavily graffitied cream coloured shop wall of the Edinburgh Mobility Solutions Shop. On the right of the picture, one of the shops windows covered with pictures of walkers, wheelchairs and mobility scooters. At the top, a plastic red and white shop sign. To the left a strong metal door with yet more graffiti. In the middle, the black and white image of older woman wearing a thigh length cardigan covered with flowers, her long skirt underneath. She has a wide floppy brimmed hat on her head, her almost shoulder length hhair shaggy like straw, and she looks through big round glasses whilst smiling widely, almost laughing. In one hand she grips her walking stick. In another a spray can. Next to the picture, amidst the tags, you can see written in pink the words ‘I hope you never fit in’.
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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When your feline flatmate is both indulging his love of fibres which sound fun when you lick them and also intentionally shaming you for not feeding him.
Finrod, friend to man, a lack and brown striped tabby has his head poked out from behind a cream-coloured blind, and through the blind you can see the shadow of his tongue as he likes it. His eyes are focused slightly to the left of the picture, managing to both glare intentionally at the photographer (me) and also conveying how much he enjoys the raspy feeling of the blind on his tongue.
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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On reflection, and after listening to @justinklugh.bsky.social, @lizroscher.bsky.social and @johnstolnis.bsky.social this morning, I am just sad. Yesterday, between work and the game, I was exhausted.

If Marsh, Casty, Bohm and Schwarbs are likely all gone, I hope Sosa doesn’t get traded too.
Edmundo Sosa leans over and cradles the head of a despairing Orion Kerkering, who is sat on the bench in the dugout. To Kerk’s right Weston Wilson looks out on the field, bewildered but stoic, his arm around the young pitcher’s shoulders. This picture is pretty much all of my feelings about the 2025 Phillies.
October 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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No.

Just no.
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Me, as Christopher Sanchez walks off the mound with seven scoreless innings.
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I presume if the Phillies win tonight, no one is washing their powder blues until we win it all or get dumped out of the playoffs.
A picture of me, wearing my powdeer blue Phillies jersey, and a maroon Marsh t-shirt, (as in Brandon Marsh aka Tyrone aka the physical embodiment of Hugh O’Neill’s beard in the 21st century) . I am wearing glasses with a light brown Perspex kind of frame with round lenses and have a light beard still more less dark but with a lot of grey. The hair is short with a big fringe currently swept to one side. Over my right shoulder you can see a picture of the 1976 phillies that was given out free with the Inquirer. My hair is not as good as any man on that lineup. But my beard is better.
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Just woke up, reached for the score, saw the news.

Me watching Ranger pitch:
October 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Me, reading your posts.
October 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Nope. They aren’t cheering because this is the third postseason series the hitters have failed and most of them are shiteing themselves, with good reason, that the Phillies offense will fuck it.

Don’t put this on the crowd. That cheer for Edmundo? That is relief.

Luzardo to the lineup tonight.
October 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Time to resort to prayer by means of the Holy Goat Brewery’s Shrinebuilder.
A picture of a green beer bottle with distinctive label. The picture is of a crow standing on a brown skull. The crow’s head is a white skull itself. I am holding up the bottle with my right hand. In the background, out of focus, is JT Realmuto, catcher for the Phillies, readying his at bat. He is about to hit a ground ball to short because this is the postseason and the Phillies batting lineup turns to abject shite. To the left of the picture, my legs are crossed, although how I can seen so relaxed when I am this fucking stressed by the continued pathetic failure of the Phillies to hit is frankly a fucking miracle. I am wearing my white adidas with the red stripes, because like an idiot I think it is important to be colour coordinated with my red and white pinstripes of my dumb fucking team who cannot hit enough runs to win games in the postseason. I am sorry. I don’t normally swear like this in alt re text. Consider it added context. Baseball is making me really unhappy.
October 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM